Hot dog! They got him!!! Halalujah!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/evangelist_child_porn

I agree. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key.

I checked out Ebay and was shocked at all the Alamo merchandise they have. Anyone need a new jacket? :lol:

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=Tony+Alamo&_sacat=See-All-Categories

finally! May he get attacked in prison!

crystaldawn, those jackets are totally hideous. I was in a store that specializes in "vintage clothing" and they had one thats theme was Peace...what a crock of crap! The price was like $250. OUtrageous.

Peace to Tony being in jail soon!

Well he's 74 now, so hopefully he'll spend his last years behind bars.

I agree. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key.

I checked out Ebay and was shocked at all the Alamo merchandise they have. Anyone need a new jacket? :lol:

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=Tony+Alamo&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Or some cowboy boots? :happyface

I agree. I hope they lock him up and throw away the key.

I checked out Ebay and was shocked at all the Alamo merchandise they have. Anyone need a new jacket? :lol:

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=Tony+Alamo&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Those are the ugliest jackets I've ever seen!

Here's a recent article about the case:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28456990/

Here's another recent article concerning him and some of his followers:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/12/state/n185015D83.DTL&type=science

Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_re_us/us_evangelist_child_abuse;_ylt=AkvpaglS4j8qAnHDGm9DhScuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTM5djZqM2czBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDcxNS9hcF9vbl9yZV91cy91c19ldmFuZ2VsaXN0X2NoaWxkX2FidXNlBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3Byb3NlY3V0b3JzYw--)


TEXARKANA, Ark. – Evangelist Tony Alamo preyed on his loyal followers' young daughters, once taking a girl as young as 8 as his bride and repeatedly sexually assaulting her, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clay Fowlkes said that girl's story and others unwound an "elaborate facade" Alamo wove around himself. Lawyers for the 74-year-old Alamo, who is charged with taking underage girls across state lines for sex, argued that the alleged victims traveled across the country to further the outreach and business interests of a "bona fide religious group" that the government targeted out of its own prejudices.

U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes swore in a jury of nine men and three women on Tuesday. They include a jobless personnel employee, a worker for a local construction company and an airport finance director who lives in Fouke, the location of Alamo's 15-acre complex that authorities raided Sept. 20.

Fowlkes told jurors that a 15-year-old girl who left the Alamo ministries in 2006 told the FBI that Alamo married her at age 8. The girl told agents Alamo exchanged wedding vows and rings with her and first sexually assaulted her before she turned 10, Fowlkes said.

Alamo summoned another 15-year-old girl to his home in 1994 by telephone, authorities said, then telling her parents that God instructed him to marry her. Fowlkes said the parents consented and Alamo repeatedly sexually assaulted the girl, taking her on trips to West Virginia and Tennessee as he prepared for a trial on federal tax-evasion charges.

Another similar call came in 1998, when Alamo married a 14-year-old girl, Fowlkes said. In 2002, Alamo summoned three underage girls into his bedroom and shut the door, telling them God wanted him to marry two of them, Fowlkes said. Alamo later sexually assaulted two of those girls he married, one 11, the other 14, the prosecutor said.

Those girls also traveled on Alamo's orders to other states, Fowlkes said.

One of those girl's parents encouraged her to marry Alamo, saying his home had access to better food, television privileges, movies and a swimming pool, Fowlkes said. But the evangelist controlled every aspect of the girls' lives from what they ate to who spoke with them, the prosecutor said.

"When the FBI began to pull on that thread, it began to unravel the elaborate facade the defendant had carefully woven around himself," Fowlkes said.

Don Ervin, who is leading Alamo's defense team, told jurors to focus on the facts. He said all the girls' travel came as part of the ministry's efforts to give people "decent lives for themselves."

"This investigation, this prosecution was fueled by prejudice the government and law enforcement have against Tony Alamo's church because of its practices," Ervin said.

A federal judge revoked the tax-exempt status for Alamo's ministries in the 1980s after investigations by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Labor Department. After the hearing, Ervin said the government couldn't decide what represented a real church.

"They've done a lot of good for people," Ervin said. "The IRS doesn't control who is a bona fide church, they just control who has to pay taxes and who doesn't."

Alamo, whose ministry grew into a multimillion industry on the backs of his followers, was convicted of tax evasion charges in 1994. He served four years in prison after the IRS said he owed the government $7.9 million. The evangelist has blamed the recent charges against him as the work of a Vatican-led conspiracy.

In 1991, Alamo was acquitted of threatening a federal judge — a case that fueled an extraordinary increase in security efforts for Alamo's current trial. Uniformed U.S. Homeland Security officers walked outside around the courthouse, while U.S. marshals filled the hallways and manned two metal detectors.

Alamo, gaunt and pale, sat quietly for much of the hearing, wearing a grey suit and dark sunglasses. He could be heard correcting his lawyer's summary of the ministry's history during opening arguments.

Alamo faces a 10-count federal indictment. If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. He remains held without bond until the end of his trial, scheduled to last two weeks

Tony Alamo's punishment should be having to listen to his records 24 hours a day.

:p

Tony Alamo's punishment should be having to listen to his records 24 hours a day.

:p

:rotflmao:

Maybe he and Larry Gibson can start a band.

Here's an article about our friendly evangelist here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090718/ap_on_re_us/us_evangelist_child_abuse

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106984932

I hope the judge throws the book at him. Tony Alamo is lower than slime. The victims were very brave to speak out.

no offense, but can someone remind me of what he did on UM?

no offense, but can someone remind me of what he did on UM?

Check your inbox...I have sent you info on the case.:)

Morbid curiosity forces me to ask if anyone on this forum would admit to owning a Tony Alamo LP or piece of clothing apparel. :barf:

I love the picture on ebay of Mark Slaughter (of the band Slaughter) wearing the USA jacket. One listing said that Tony Alamo was the designer to the stars. Several of the listings are from Arkansas.

The actor who protrayed Tony Alamo did a great job.

A judge has awarded over half a billion dollars to 7 of Alamo's victims.

Their lawyer thinks that this is one of those cases where the huge financial judgement will actually be paid to the victims because Alamo and his company still have billions of dollars in assets.

Half a billion dollars in damages have been awarded to seven women who were raped and beaten for years by a pedophile televangelist who took them as his 'child brides.'

They are the victims of Tony Alamo - a charismatic Pentecostal preacher whose massive Alamo Ministries has been branded a polygamist cult.

The women described being repeatedly molested and sexually abused, some starting at age 9, by Alamo.

Despite serving a 175-year prison sentence for rape and child sex trafficking, Alamo and his ministry are believed to have billions of dollars in assets, mostly water rights in California.

The actual damages awarded to each woman range from $10 million to $29 million. The court also gave each plaintiff punitive damages worth double the amount of actual damage. Those range from $20 million to $58 million.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569424/Judge-awards-525M-evangelists-abuse-victims.html

Other articles:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/27/arkansas-judge-awards-more-than-500-million-to-7-woman-abused-by-tony-alamo/

http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/crime/court/update-former-santa-clarita-valley-evangelist-alamo-hit-500m-judgment

http://swtimes.com/news/more-500m-awarded-alamo-abuse-victims

A judge has awarded over half a billion dollars to 7 of Alamo's victims.

Their lawyer thinks that this is one of those cases where the huge financial judgement will actually be paid to the victims because Alamo and his company still have billions of dollars in assets.

Half a billion dollars in damages have been awarded to seven women who were raped and beaten for years by a pedophile televangelist who took them as his 'child brides.'

They are the victims of Tony Alamo - a charismatic Pentecostal preacher whose massive Alamo Ministries has been branded a polygamist cult.

The women described being repeatedly molested and sexually abused, some starting at age 9, by Alamo.

Despite serving a 175-year prison sentence for rape and child sex trafficking, Alamo and his ministry are believed to have billions of dollars in assets, mostly water rights in California.

The actual damages awarded to each woman range from $10 million to $29 million. The court also gave each plaintiff punitive damages worth double the amount of actual damage. Those range from $20 million to $58 million.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569424/Judge-awards-525M-evangelists-abuse-victims.html

Other articles:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/27/arkansas-judge-awards-more-than-500-million-to-7-woman-abused-by-tony-alamo/

http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/crime/court/update-former-santa-clarita-valley-evangelist-alamo-hit-500m-judgment

http://swtimes.com/news/more-500m-awarded-alamo-abuse-victims
I'm glad this jerk head got caught. One of the biggest jerks on the show. Yes the actor did a good job.

Those are the ugliest jackets I've ever seen!

Why? Why did anyone willingly wear those?

I know it was the 80s, and there were some strange fashion choices, but these have to be considered cruel and unusual punishments in all 50 states, and Puerto Rico.

Why? Why did anyone willingly wear those?

I know it was the 80s, and there were some strange fashion choices, but these have to be considered cruel and unusual punishments in all 50 states, and Puerto Rico.

Those jackets.... In the early 90s, my aunt did a lot of home crafts, bedazzled clothes, flower arranging, jewelry making, etc. When I visited her and brought my kids, about ages 4 and 6 at the time, she gave each of them a denim jacket she'd made. They were overly embellished, but not necessarily inspired by Alamo, and she was actually selling them at craft shows for $50 each, way back then. No accounting for taste I guess... I've got pictures of my kids wearing them. I should upload them for everyone's enjoyment. :lol:

I can't get over some of the parents thinking that having their teenage daughters marry Tony Alamo would lead to a better life. They probably thought he'd take care of them too.

Some looks really need to stay in the past.

http://www.starstyle.com/miley-cyrus-london-sp145060/

I did a Google search for the jackets and he made quite a few Barbie designs. That in itself is pretty disturbing considering little girls who are/were into Barbie.

It's like looking at the Ed Hardy of the 80's.

Why? Why did anyone willingly wear those?

I know it was the 80s, and there were some strange fashion choices, but these have to be considered cruel and unusual punishments in all 50 states, and Puerto Rico.
:rotflmao: AGREED! Not only did they willingly wear them, they shelled out big money for them!


Seriously though, I'm so glad he's incarcerated. One disturbing food for thought: When this case was on the forbidden site, members of his church would write comments defending him. I believe they even have a channel dedicated to this nut. I wonder how many of these followers are still out there? Which reminds me of the poor children who didn't have any choice about being in the compound because they had to do what their parents said. Just like Julie Cooper in the Decloud segment, those kids were put directly in harm's way. The fact that some kids were even forced to marry him makes it all the sicker. :(

Bump...John Oliver's latest televangelist bit exposing one none other than robert f-ing tilton making a successful ripoff comeback tour part 2 made me think of Tony Alamo. If anyone has about 15 mins to spare search John Oliver televangelist and you'll see a few characters worthy of an UM fraud segment... given that they would need to be caught breaking the law.

Bump...John Oliver's latest televangelist bit exposing one none other than robert f-ing tilton making a successful ripoff comeback tour part 2 made me think of Tony Alamo. If anyone has about 15 mins to spare search John Oliver televangelist and you'll see a few characters worthy of an UM fraud segment... given that they would need to be caught breaking the law.

I strongly recommend that everyone watch it, it's fantastic. And while you're there, watch other videos of his.

Thirding the recommendation for John Oliver :D